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Originally Posted by George

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You would have thought that a block ship would have had its armaments removed, even if they were obsolete they still would have had a use.

Originally Posted by MontyB

You would have thought that a block ship would have had its armaments removed, even if they were obsolete they still would have had a use.

Been a while since I've read on this battle, but in a lot of cases the "block ship" wasn't a dedicated block ship, it just something that was sacrificed when the enemy suddenly shows up. Probably the case.